A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Taitung City in Taiwan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000byu6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000byu6. Exact location of event, longitude 121.3378 East, latitude 22.9096 North, depth = 7.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/18 / 2018-01-01 19:22:02 / January 1, 2018 @ 7:22 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:22:02 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yujing, Taitung City. Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km NE of Taitung City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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